Boeing to admit fraud to avoid trial over crashes that killed 346 people
Boeing is to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to resolve a US investigation into two fatal 737 MAX crashes.An official at the US Department of Justice (DoJ) revealed overnight that Boeing would pay a 455m (£355m) over three years to strengthen its safety and compliance programmes as part of the plea deal. The settlement, which Boeing acknowledged but did not comment on, marks the second time the planemaker has been offered a plea bargain by the d ...